CORPUS CHRISTI.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume V, Issue 214, 1 June 1877, Page 3

CORPUS CHRISTI.

Question not His coming 1 in these humble forms. Behold, Though thine eyes should glow with charity, with purity were bold. Though thy sanctity were highest, still no power would it give, That one of Adam's sons should see His garments' hem and lire. What though as an archangel He should come in awful might, And the sinner shrink in terror from His countenance of light, He would come but as a creature, in the finite be unknown. And the purpose of His coming by thy fears would be o'erthrown. He is here as when an infant on His Mother's spotless breast, He appeared but weak and silent as an infant taking rest. He is here as when they stretched Him on the cruel tree of death. When they scourged, and crowned, and mocked Him, and He breathed but mercy's breath. He is come in chosen symbols, in the mystic wine and bread. Then question not His coming, but bow down th' adoring head. He is come in love and mercy. He is come as seemed Him good, To be present with His people, —people purchased with His blood.